Analog Truth. Timeless Lore.

Waxlore Papers

Defining the technical wisdom, ethical commitments, and ritual practices required for analog persistence & epistemic stewardship in the Synthetocene.

Taxonomy
WX-WP-2026-05
Archival Standard

Standardizing the Dead Wax: A Unified Taxonomy for Phonographic Matrix Data

A three-tiered hierarchical metadata framework designed to categorize phonographic matrix data across all major pressing-plant traditions, solving the "Matrix Gap."

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Analysis
WX-WP-2026-04
Psychoacoustics

The Stochastic Resonance of the Groove: Why Vinyl's Flaws Sound Like Home

What audiophiles term "warmth" is the psychoacoustic recognition of human-compatible error.

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Archive
WX-WP-2026-03
Distributed Physicality

The Sovereign Groove: Distributed Physicality and the Preservation of Audio Heritage in the Post-Ownership Era

The phonograph record as a countervailing model of distributed physicality against fragile centralized archives.

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Protocol
WX-WP-2026-02
Protocol Integration

Waxlore as the Analog Layer: Integration of Analog Sound Recordings into the Myceloom Protocol (MCP‑1)

Integration of Analog Sound Recordings into the Myceloom Protocol (MCP-1).

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Waxlore
WX-WP-2026-01
Foundational Neologism

Waxlore: Defining a Culture of Epistemic Stewardship and Analog Persistence

Identifies the linguistic gap in our engagement with high-latency media and introduces the term 'Waxlore' as a cultural movement.

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